Rare original Carte De Visite Photograph of a Black British ...

Hammer

£40

Rare original Carte De Visite Photograph of a Black British Victorian Gentleman by Appleton & Co, Bradford.
The seated portrait shows the gentlemen smartly dressed, with single stud white collar and long dark jacket with buttons. The sitter holding a book, with others on a table in the background.
Portraiture of Black Victorians is rare and is an important part of social and black history.